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ALAN ROSS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1950 – May 24, 1970
Service recordAlan Ross, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 92
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- September 20, 1950
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 92
- ROBERT EUGENE RAGLANDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 1970
- NICHOLAS EUGENE THOELESergeant · May 24, 1970
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · May 24, 1970
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.